B 274-27 Abhijñānaśākuntala

Manuscript culture infobox

Filmed in: B 274/27
Title: Abhijñānaśākuntala
Dimensions: 20 x 8.2 cm x 87 folios
Material: paper?
Condition:
Scripts: Devanagari
Languages: Sanskrit
Subjects: Nāṭaka and Nāṭyaśāstra
Date:
Acc No.: NAK 1/1588
Remarks:

Reel No. B 274-27

Inventory No.: 4905

Reel No.: B 274/27

Title Abhijñānaśākuntala

Author Kalidasa

Subject Naṭaka

Language Sanskrit

Manuscript Details

Script Devanagari

Material paper

State complete

Size 20.0 x 8.2 cm

Folios 87

Lines per Folio 8

Foliation figures in both margin of the verso,

Place of Deposit NAK

Accession No. 1/1588

Manuscript Features

Stamp Candrasamśera

In last 2 expos.† yāmā 2230 lāphaṃ 2 ku 1 pra 1 … †

Excerpts

Beginning

yā sraṣṭus sṛṣṭir ādyā vahati vidhihutaṃ yā havir yā ca hotrī

yad dvekālaṃ vidhattaḥ śrutiviṣayaguṇā yā sthitā vyāpya viśvaṃ ||

yām āhuḥ sarvabījaprakṛtir iti yayā prāṇinaḥ prāṇavantaḥ

pratyakṣābhiḥ prasannas tanubhir abatu vas tābhir aṣṭābhir īśaḥ ||

|| nāndynte sūtradhāraḥ ||

alam ativistareṇa || nepathyābhimukham ālokya ||

ārye yadi nepathyavidhānam avasitaṃ tad ihāgamyatāṃ ||

praviśya naṭī || (fol. 1v1–5)

End

rāja || yathāśakti śreyase yatiṣye ||

māricaḥ || kin te bhūyaḥ priyaṃ karoti ||

rājā || ataḥ paramapai priyam asti ||

tathāpi yadi prasanno bhagavā (!) tadaitad astu || ||

pravarttatāṃ prakṛtihitāya pārthivaḥ

sarasvatī śrutimahatāṃ(!) mahīyatāṃ ||

mamāpi ca kṣapayatu nīlalohitaḥ

punar bhavaṃ pratigatabhaktir ātmabhūḥ || || (fol. 86v7–87r3)

Colophon

|| iti niṣkrāntāḥ sarve saptamoṃ ʼkaḥ || ||

ityabhijñānaśākuṃtalaṃ nāṭakapūrṇam agāt || ||

audīcyo gurjjarāṇām ativimalamatiṣṭolakīyo niśaṃ yo

vedadhyānāvaśakto vibudhagaṇavaro vyāsagopāsaśarmā ||

tatputreṇātiramyaṃ likhitamalamagān nāṭakaṃ śrīśukena

pūrṇaṃ śākuntalaṃ tat pramudakaram idaṃ cāstu pustaṃ budhānāṃ || ||

rāma || || || kāśīnāthāya namaḥ || (fol. 87r3–7)

Microfilm Details

Reel No. B 274/27

Date of Filming 09-05-1972

Exposures 95

Used Copy Kathmandu

Type of Film positive

Catalogued by JU\MS

Date 15-01-2004

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